Mining

The Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Ordinance, 2015

An Ordinance further to amend the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957. This Ordinance may be called the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Ordinance, 2015.

Publication Date: 
12/01/2015
Ministry of Law and Justice
Tags:
Mines Act 1957, Mining, Mining Regulations, Minerals, Mineral-Based Industry
Mining

Govt likely to approve mining ordinance today

The coal ministry is thinking of dropping the proposed removal of mineral exploration by private companies

Publication Date: 
05/01/2015
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Mining, Ministry of Coal, Minerals, Federation Of Indian Mineral Industries, Mineral-Based Industry
Mining

Draft of Rajasthan Mineral Policy, 2015

Rajasthan government is planning to increase reserve area for mining activities by three times. At present the state government has given mining lease of 1,846 square km, which is 0.54 per cent of the total geographical area of the state. Now the government is going to increase it to 1.5 per cent in the new mining policy.

Publication Date: 
16/12/2014
Government of Rajasthan
Tags:
Minerals, Mining, Mining Regulations, Rajasthan, Environment, Mineral-Based Industry, Minor Minerals
Mining

FIMI favours mining leases for 30 yrs

PANJIM: Demanding that amendment to the Mines and Minerals Development and Regulations (MMDR) Act 1957, pertaining to grant and renewal of leases should be carried out retrospectively, the Federati

Publication Date: 
18/07/2014
Herald (Panjim)
Tags:
Goa, Mining, Federation Of Indian Mineral Industries, Mines Act 1957, Mineral-Based Industry, Mineral Rules 1960, Illegal Trade
Mining

Odisha submits new iron ore sales policy to HC

Local steel mills bound to lift ore allotted to them at IBM fixed rate

Publication Date: 
02/07/2014
Sadananda Mohapatra
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Orissa (Odisha), Mining, High Court, Federation Of Indian Mineral Industries, Mineral-Based Industry, Minerals
Mining

Mining lease renewal tough challenge for Govt

As legal complications galore

Publication Date: 
10/06/2014
Malay Mohapatra
Pioneer (Bhubaneswar)
Tags:
Orissa (Odisha), Sundargarh (D), Mining, Mineral Rules 1960, Iron, Orissa Mining Corporation, Steel Authority of India (SAIL), Mineral-Based Industry, Illegal Trade
Mining

India's critical mineral resources: a trade and economic analysis

Minerals are indispensable in modern industrial activities; infrastructure and manufacturing sectors, as indeed all sectors of economy. However, non-fuel materials (minerals and metals) have so far not received the same attention as have oil and natural gas.

Publication Date: 
01/06/2014
Vaibhav Gupta, Karthik Ganesan
Council on Energy, Environment and Water
Tags:
Minerals, India, Trade, Economy, Mineral-Based Industry, Mining
Mining

HC upholds government stand on ore distribution

‘Step taken by the State is valid as a right of pre-emption’

Orissa High Court on Wednesday upheld the State government’s circular of December 2012 in which the government had asked the mine owners in the State to supply half of their mine lumps to local standalone units.

Publication Date: 
04/04/2014
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Orissa (Odisha), Mining, Federation Of Indian Mineral Industries, High Court, Mineral-Based Industry, Minerals
Mining

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding closure of mining activity of the Applicant (Nalwaya Minerals India Pvt. Ltd.), Rajasthan, 07/03/2014

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Nalwaya Minerals India Pvt. Ltd. Vs State of Rajasthan Ors. dated 07/03/2014 regarding closure of mining activity of the Applicant, Rajasthan. The Applicant has been carrying on mining activity since 1963. Lastly, they were granted diversion permission for a period of ten years vide order dated 08.08.2000 vide annexure–8. Thereafter, upon expiry of the said period, the diversion permission has not been granted resulting closure of the mining activity of the Applicant.

Judgement Date: 
07/03/2014
Tags:
Mining, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), National Green Tribunal (NGT), Rajasthan, Mineral-Based Industry, Aravalli Range, High Court, Supreme Court
Mining

Mining Bill lapses but industry not complaining

The MMDR Bill had proposed sharing of miner's profits with the project-affected people amongst other things

The UPA's attempt to overhaul the law governing malpractice-ridden mining sector by replacing a 50-year-old legislation, has been wasted with the new mining bill lapsing. The Mines and Minerals Development and Regulation (MMDR) Bill had proposed sharing of miner's profits with the project-affected people amongst other things, but with the last Lok Sabha being dissolved for elections, the Bill has lapsed.

Publication Date: 
06/03/2014
Mansi Taneja
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Mining, Legislation, Mineral-Based Industry, Federation Of Indian Mineral Industries, Ministry of Mines, Minor Minerals

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